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Not gonna link to the tweet, but I'll link to an article that links to the tweet.

https://www.mediaite.com/news/matt-gaetz-live-tweets-response-to-devastating-ethics-report-this-is-clearly-not-prostitution/

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[–] [email protected] 69 points 3 months ago (3 children)

That is every bit as dumb as someone saying "no, I wasn't buying drugs! I only traded money for a hug, then got an eight ball for free!"

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

This is how you buy weed in DC...

Edit: No seriously, look it up. You can't legally sell weed in DC the but you can possess. So the shops sell you $70 socks and then gift you devil's lettuce.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago

"You know you have to tell me if you're a cop."

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There was that King of the Hill episode with the failing bookstore converted to a gun store, didn't have a license to actually sell guns so they started saying something like "Free gun with $600 book purchase" or something along those lines which I assume would be illegal real world, but worked in show

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I remember banks giving away hunting rifles ~~when you open an account with a certain minimum balance~~ as interest on a CD.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I bought my girlfriend's train tickets to see me because she was broke. Am I a pimp?

Edit: I dunno. I had the wrong words.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I want a free eightball.

[–] [email protected] 69 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I say we give him his opportunity to defend himself in a court of law.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If he crossed state lines during his shenanigans, it would be a federal case, and his buddy Don would just pardon him

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

Dual sovereignty doesn't only have to work against st luigi

[–] [email protected] 49 points 3 months ago (2 children)

"You can't call me a nonce; it's Christmas Eve-Eve!"

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Bro I once got pulled-over on christmas-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve and the cop didnt even let me off with a warning. It was basically christmas night

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Happy Christmas Adam!

[–] [email protected] 36 points 3 months ago
[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Child sex trafficker Matt gaetz says what?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

He says the victim likely under duress was given the money without entering in any contract or agreement.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

"I didn't make her sign a single document and even if I did, I'm sure she didn't date it as well!"

[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 months ago

Why is he Upset? He Represents his Constituents PERFECTLY! Raping Children and Sex Trafficking is EXACTLY why they Voted for Him!

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago

lol, he doesn't refute the statutory rape or trafficking, just the prostitution part?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

In its report, the Ethics Committee explained that “Representative Gaetz did not appear to have negotiated specific payment amounts prior to engaging in sexual activity with the women he paid. Instead, the women had a general expectation that they would typically receive some amount of money after each sexual encounter.”

Where's the boundary between prostitution and a sugar daddy/sugar baby relationship which is not in itself illegal? This seems like the latter rather than the former to me. It's still crazy that the attorney general nominee is claiming to be a sugar daddy in order to defend his character.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago

She was underage. Even if he hadn't paid her, it was illegal.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago (2 children)

In other posts including screenshots from from depositions, Gaetz boasted that a woman he is alleged to have trafficked and had sex with while she was 17 replied “No. I wouldn’t say that,” after being asked if “anybody trafficked” her, and submitted that what he did was “clearly not prostitution under any conceivable definition.”

Guess what, whether the witness (victim?) was trafficked for sex is not the witness' (victim's?) decision to make, because she is not a judge.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

This deposition was many years after the incident(s) being discussed.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I mean u obviously don't know what a deposition is...lol

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago

I mean, if the thumbhead wants a trial, please let's hear what he has to say.

But since he ran away from congress and the Whitehouse because of this, i don't think that's what he really wants to happen.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago

He can say as much as he wants on Twitter or a blog or TV or wherever. Nobody is stopping him from "setting the record straight".

Of course he could catch a defamation charge if he pulls a Trump. Gotta watch out for that one. Better yet, watch out for the teenagers, and stop having sex with them.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Christmas Eve Eve, or as we like to say around here, October 84th

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's obviously Christmas Adam

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Christmas Steve is the best holiday

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Adam Adam and Steve, not Adam Adam and Eve! She can have Adam.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

the best part is he has the RIGHT to remain silent.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

But it would be wrong to let him know..

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

The ads girls post near me don’t ask for payment, they ask for contributions.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

When I read this headline, I thought it was something a dumbass redditor said.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Close enough.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

John Roberts would totally buy this argument.